DocumentCode :
3333426
Title :
Availability analysis of a solar power system with graceful degradation
Author :
Huffman, Duane L. ; Antelme, France
Author_Institution :
Relex Software Corp., Greensburg, PA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
26-29 Jan. 2009
Firstpage :
348
Lastpage :
352
Abstract :
This paper describes the modelling of solar power system using standard reliability block diagrams (RBDs) that support capacity. The proposed method is easily scalable for additional branches and microinverter units per branch. Using this model, we can calculate various system performance measures, such as point availability, mean availability, capacity, state probabilities, and losses associated with performance degradation.
Keywords :
invertors; power generation reliability; solar power stations; microinverter units; performance degradation; reliability block diagrams; solar power system; Availability; Capacity planning; Degradation; Loss measurement; Performance loss; Power system modeling; Power system reliability; Probability; Solar energy; System performance; availability analysis; capacity; degradation; microinverter;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2009. RAMS 2009. Annual
Conference_Location :
Fort Worth, TX
ISSN :
0149-144X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2508-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-144X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/RAMS.2009.4914701
Filename :
4914701
Link To Document :
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